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Donnie Darko Page #5
Donnie sits in the front.
MS. POMEROY
What is Graham Greene trying to
communicate in this passage? Why do
the children break into Old Misery's
house?
MS. POMEROY
Joanie.
JOANIE:
They wanted to rob him.
MS. POMEROY
Joanie, if you had actually read the
short story... which, at a whopping
thirteen pages must have kept you up
all night, you would know that the
children find a great deal of money
hidden in a mattress. But they burn
it.
The class gives an "Awwww ." Joanie blushes.
MS. POMEROY
Donnie Darko, perhaps, given your
recent brush with mass destruction,
you can give us your opinion?
DONNIE:
Well... they say it right when they
are ripping the place to shreds.
When they flood the house. That
like... destruction is a form of
creation. So the fact that they burn
the money is... ironic. They just
want to see what happens when they
tear the world apart.
(beat)
They want to change things.
Gretchen Ross stands at the doorway to the classroom.
MS. POMEROY
May we help you?
GRETCHEN:
I just registered, and I think they
put me in the wrong English class.
MS. POMEROY
You look like you belong here.
GRETCHEN:
Umm, where do I sit?
Ms. Pomeroy thinks for a moment. There are several empty
chairs.
MS. POMEROY
Sit next to the boy you think is the
cutest. Girls, get up.
The whole class begins to freak out. The girls all get out
of their seats... eating this up. Ronald fixes his hair.
MS. POMEROY
Quiet! Let her choose.
Without hesitation, Gretchen scans the class for every guy.
As she gracefully takes her seat next to Donnie, they make
eye contact. Donnie grins ear to ear.
The class freaks out laughing.
INT. TAURUS - SUNSET (MONDAY NIGHT, 6 P.M.)
Eddie drives Donnie down Old Gun Road, a windy back-road
that goes towards the country.
EDDIE:
So how was school today?
DONNIE:
It was great. We had peanut-butter
sandwiches and apples and honey at
snacktime. And then during show-and-
tell, my stuffed walrus was a big
hit.
EDDIE:
Good Lord.
(beat)
So the construction guys say it'll
take about a week to fix the roof.
Damn airline better not f*** us on
the shingle match.
DONNIE:
Do they know yet?
EDDIE:
Know what?
DONNIE:
Where it came from?
EDDIE:
No... apparently they can't tell us
what happened yet. Something about a
matching serial number that got
burned.
(beat)
But I had to sign a form saying I
wouldn't talk to anyone about it.
DONNIE:
So we're not supposed to tell anybody
what nobody knows?
EDDIE:
You tell Dr. Thurman whatever you
want.
Suddenly, Eddie slams on the brakes and the station wagon
comes to a sudden stop.
EDDIE:
Oh, sh*t!
DONNIE:
Grandma Death.
Standing in the road directly in front of the car is Roberta
Sparrow (101 years old, a.k.a. Grandma Death).
Grandma Death lives in a modest brick house that sits back
in a huge grassy field that overlooks the entire town. Her
mailbox sits on the edge of Old Gun Road.
Donnie gets out of the car and takes Grandma Death's hand,
walking her back towards her mailbox. He opens it for her.
DONNIE:
No mail today.
(smiles)
Maybe tomorrow.
Grandma Death smiles back at him... and begins to walk slowly
back to her house. She then turns and takes Donnie's hands
into her frail grip.
GRANDMA DEATH:
(speaking slowly)
Every living creature... on this
earth...
(beat)
...dies alone.
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